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SUMMARY:Reflections  on the concept and potentials  of Developmental Educa
 tion (open talk) - Bert van Oers\, Prof. Cultural-Historical Theory of Edu
 cation\, VU University Amsterdam
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CONTACT:Nichola Daily
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT*: Developmental Education is a concept of schooling 
 that is based on Vygotsky’s view on the relationship between development
  and learning. Particularly\, it applies the idea that good teaching shoul
 d advance children’s learning and development by always being one step a
 head of the pupils’ actual level of functioning. In the elaboration of V
 ygotsky’s ideas for the school we went beyond the narrow interpretation 
 of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) as can be found in conceptions t
 hat emphasize the discrepancy between what children can do on their own\, 
 and what they can do with help of adults or more capable peers.  According
  to Vygotsky\, the core of the ZPD concept lies in the concept of imitatio
 n. Starting out from this interpretation we developed a development promot
 ing curriculum for primary school that can be characterized as a play-base
 d curriculum\, and is based on such basic notions as _appropriation of cul
 tural tools_ \, _guided participation_\, _dialogue and polylogue_. The pre
 sentation explains the notion of the play-based curriculum with the help o
 f these concepts\, and will illustrate some of its teaching strategies and
  outcomes.\n\n*BIOGRAPHY*: Bert van Oers is Professor in Cultural-Historic
 al Theory of Education in the Department Theory & Research in Education at
  the VU University Amsterdam. He received a honorary doctorate at the Univ
 ersity of Jyväskylä\, Finland in 2004. He was trained as an educational 
 psychologist (theory of learning and developmental psychology) and special
 ised since 1975 in cultural-historical psychology. His research interests 
 are in the areas of early childhood education\, inquiry-based learning\, a
 nd play. Publication: van Oers\, Wardekker\, Elbers & van der Veer (eds.)\
 , The transformation of learning (CUP\, 2008).
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (Rm
  2S3\, Donald McIntyre Building)
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